Bromeliad Cultivar Register (412)

AECHMEA ‘Ortgiesioides’

Dutrie

1938

cv. of recurvata v. recurvata X fulgens v. discolor - Dutrie said, "..gave me small plants with green leaves tinged with brown, narrow, more or less long, as with the parents as one recalled Tillandsia lindenii.. I designated it x ortgiesioides, a name under which it was awarded a Certificate of Merit as a foliage plant". Chevalier formula from 1942 is calyculata X 'Ortgiesii'